Hustle & Flow
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| Directed by | Craig Brewer |
| Written by | Craig Brewer |
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| Cinematography | Amy Vincent |
| Edited by | Billy Fox |
| Music by | Scott Bomar |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 116 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.8 million |
| Box office | $23.5 million |
Hustle & Flow is a 2005 American musical drama movie written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain. The movie is about a hustler and pimp from Memphis, Tennessee named DJay who is interested in being a rapper.
The movie stars Terrence Howard as DJay. Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson, and Ludacris also star in this movie.
Hustle & Flow won the Best Original Song category at the 78th Academy Awards for the song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" by the hip hop group Three 6 Mafia. "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" became the second hip hop song to win an Academy Award (after "Lose Yourself" by Eminem).
References
- ↑ "HUSTLE & FLOW (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 8, 2005. Retrieved July 8, 2015.